Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
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tits said that Colonel Cody ! share
Iof the IS 81 the American Expo.
|sition ins sondo n consisted az 870, 900
and ! position II society s
ohm 81 Stetson, the Philadelph
batter, employ 800 men, women and
children. and has q Sunday school Of
q 600 scholars ia connection with his
factory The chapel where the school
meets cost $40. 600.
LIS. Robert T. Lincoln keeps :
scrap-book for little Abe Lincoln, in
which she preserves all the newspaper
paragraphs Of her illustrious katherine
law. 1t is her intention to make an
historian Of her little son and have
Abraham Lincoln the subject Of his
sirst work.
Marshais John Jolly, Of Butte City,
N. T., is the owner Of the most expen-
@siye policeman 8 star in the United
States. Il IFS 81 solid gold, and has Ave
points AT the end Of each point is a
diamond costing 1926, and in the
center is q monogram Of Mr.. Jolly 's
name IN diamonds.
James Russell Lowell has pur-
chased for q summer residence al,
abandoned little red house on q de-
cayed farm at Ashfeld. Mass, where
he has q magnificent view Of that
mountainous country. He has nc
near neighbors, but in distant part
Of the town are George William Curtis
and Prof Charles Eliot Norton, the
author Of the last life Of Thomas
Carly two congenial friends
The death Of Elihu b. wv ashburne
removes one Of the most conspicuous
links that bound the present with the
memorable achievements Of field and
forum of q quarter Of q century ago
He was q man Of special mark even
among the distinguished men who par
ticipated in the political struggles
which eliminated in oul, civil war and
in the equally momentous struggles
which attended and followed the war.
Philadelphia Times.
The famous Judge Shaw, o.
Massachusetts, was very homely and
very arbitrary. One day, as Rufus
Choate was arguing case before him.
he used the word .'humbugg, and the
Judge roughly asked him what hi
meant "b5 the term humbug.n Choatt
unused moment, and then said: ~
hardly know how to explain it to your
honor's apprehension; but if a young
lady were to call your honor hand
some man. 4 think she would be bum
bugging you. - N 7. Ledger.
lit is rather early in the day te
make predictions, but some Of our ole
novel readers feel confident that the
popularity Of the Russian story writer,
is only a passing fancy in this coun
try. The next generation may be al
Indifferent to the writings Of Tolsto
and his fellow ountrymen as the PEG
pie Of the present day are to The
masterpieces Of Bremen and Muhl bach
Literature has its fashions, and there
is no telling what will be in vogue thu
day after tomorrow. atlanta Con
stitution.
Joe Andrews, the San Francisco
diamond collector, wears a $15, 0o(
cluster Of diamonds on his necktie
surrounding 9 SIS, 600 opal. Hewears
a $15, 600 single diamond on his finger
and in his pocket he carries the fines
opal in the world, for which he has re
fused So, 900. Those who know hin
never charge him with vulgarity ii
the display Of his jewels He is th,
only man in California who, when il
official position, was known to return
an unused appropriation to tn,
treasury, amounting, when he wa,
commissioner at New Orleans, tt
$40, 600.